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.....~-*%§ - - $  A  Multitude Of Definitions $ - - §%*-~.....
......~-*% -   $   Does    Not   Help.   We   $   - %*-~......
.......~-* $     Can     Say     "Life     Is     $ *-~.......
........~- -   $   What    We   Are,   And    $   - -~........
.........~ -  -  $  What  Things  Like  Us  $  -  - ~.........
........~- -   $    Are",   But   Then   We   $   - -~........
.......~-* $    Must    Also    Define    What    $ *-~.......
......~-*% -  $  "Things  Like  Us"  Actually  $  - %*-~......
.....~-*%§ -  -  $  Entails, How It Should  $  -  - §%*-~.....
....~-*%§@ -   $   Be  Measured,   Who   Or   $   - @§%*-~....
...~-*%§@# $    What     Is    The    Arbiter,    $ #@§%*-~...
..~-*%§@## -  $  And   So   Instead   There   $   - ##@§%*-~..
.~-*%§@### -   -   $    Is   This   Internationally ###@§%*-~.
..~-*%§@## Sanctioned      List      $     -      - ##@§%*-~..
...~-*%§@# -  -  -  -  $  Of Criteria  $ -  -  -  - #@§%*-~...
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.....~-*%§ - Life Must Produce Or Consume Milk      §%*-~.....
......~-*% - Life Must Have A Beginning And An End  %*-~......
.......~-* - Life Can Have Dreams And Can Interact  *-~.......
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